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Mumbai: Actress Sonam Kapoor, who was hospitalised earlier this week after she suffered respiratory infection on the sets of Sooraj Barjatya's 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo', says she is fine now.
Speaking after being discharged from hospital, the actress said: "It was basically a respiratory infection and para-typhoid. I was in hospital...

Houston: Former US President George HW Bush has been admitted to a hospital after experiencing a shortness of breath.
90-year-old Bush, a Texas resident, was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on Tuesday evening as a precaution, his spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement.
McGrath says Bush "will be held for...

Mumbai: Veteran actor Dilip Kumar, who was hospitalised for pneumonia, is on the road to recovery and maybe discharged soon, said a source.
"He is doing fine now and has been responding well to the medicines. If things go well, he will be discharged soon...probably in the next three to four...

Mumbai: Eminent kathak danseuse Sitara Devi, who was hospitalized two weeks ago, is fine, said a hospital source.
The 94-year-old is being treated at Cumballa Hill Hospital and Heart Institute here.
"She was hospitalised on Oct 15. She is fine now. Her discharge date is not yet confirmed," the source from the...

Mumbai: Yesteryear's heartthrob Shashi Kapoor's condition is stable and he is likely to be discharged soon, said a source fromt he hospital.
"He is stable and he will be discharged in a day or two," the source told IANS while updating the 76-year-old's health condition.
He hospitalised Sep 21 at the Kokilaben...

Mumbai: Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor was admitted to the Kokilaben hospital here Sunday, his doctor said. The actor's condition is stable."He had chest infection. He is now on antibiotics, but is stable right now," Ram Narain, executive director at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital told IANS.Shashi Kapoor, 76, is known...

Beijing: Chinese doctors are preparing to remove a 1.2metrelong tumour weighing more than 100 kg from the waist of a man who has lived with it since childhood.
ThiYang Jianbin, who is in his 30's, has been given two hospital beds to accommodate his giant tumour, which currently makes up...

Mexico City: Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been hospitalised in Mexico City, federal health officials said on Friday.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to release the information. They declined to specify the cause of his illness, saying Garcia Marquez's family had asked for...

New Delhi: Veteran actress Suchitra Sen, who was also referred to as Greata Garbo of Bengali cinema, had over 60 films to her credit. The actress started her career in films with 'Shesh Kothaay' in 1952, which couldn't be released. However, the following year saw Suchitra share screen space with...

Kolkata: Described as "critically ill", legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who is suffering from serious respiratory problems, remains on oxygen therapy, a medical bulletin said on Tuesday.
Her oxygen saturation level is satisfactory and cardiac status remains stable.
"She is conscious and slowly communicating. Her feeding continues through feeding tube. Although still...

Kolkata: Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who is being treated at the Intensive Therapy Unit of a city nursing home following serious respiratory problems, is still critical but stable and responding to therapy, a doctor said Monday.
The ailing icon is on constant oxygen support (through nasal tube), but does not...

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was hospitalised on Monday after he felt uneasiness and he is likely to undergo an angiography later in the day, said sources.
He was admitted to the Kottayam Medical College hospital after he felt uneasy.
Doctors attending on the 70year old veteran Kerala politician said that he...

Kolkata: Ailing Bengali screen goddess Suchitra Sen, who has been keeping away from public life for the past three decades, on Sunday allowed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to meet her at a city nursing home.
Overwhelmed after a 25minute meeting with the actress, who has often been compared to...

Kolkata: The condition of iconic Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, under treatment in the critical care unit (CCU) of a nursing home here, continues to be stable, a medical bulletin said Wednesday.
Undergoing treatment for a chest infection, Sen was Sunday night rushed to the hospital after her condition deteriorated and her...

Kolkata: The condition of iconic Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who was shifted to the critical care unit (CCU) of a nursing home, has stabilised, a medical bulletin said Monday.
Undergoing treatment for a chest infection, Suchitra was Sunday night rushed to the CCU after her condition deteriorated and her heart beat...

Mumbai: Filmmaker Nikhil Advani, who was hospitalised at the Lilavati Hospital here after a reaction to medication, is recovering and is likely to be discharged by Monday, said a source close to him.
"He had a reaction to some medication, so he was hospitalised at Lilavati a few days back. He...

Hundred and twenty students of a government school in the district were hospitalised on Monday after they started vomiting and complained of drowsiness on eating food, in which a dead lizard was reportedly found, provided under midday meal scheme, police said.
The children of the school in Kunnam ate the lunch...

Mumbai: Veteran actor Manoj Kumar has been admitted to a suburban hospital following a pain in his gall bladder, sources said.
The veteran actor has been under treatment at the Kokilaben Hospital in suburban Andheri for the past two days, sources said. The actor is doing fine and will be discharged...

Johannesburg: South Africans appeared resigned on Monday to the inevitability of one day saying goodbye to former president Nelson Mandela after the 94yearold antiapartheid leader's condition in hospital deteriorated to critical.
Madiba, as he is affectionately known, is revered among most of South Africa's 53 million people as the architect of...

Johannesburg: The South African presidency said the health condition of Nelson Mandela has become critical. The office of President Jacob Zuma said that the president had visited the 94yearold antiapartheid leader on Sunday evening and was informed by the medical team that Mandela's condition had become critical in the past...

Johannesburg: Former South African President Nelson Mandela was taken to a hospital on Saturday to be treated for a recurrence of a lung infection and is in "serious but stable" condition, the president's office said. The antiapartheid leader, who is 94, has received hospital treatment several times in recent months....

London: Prince Philip, the 91yearold husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has been admitted to a hospital for an exploratory operation on his abdomen, a statement from the Buckingham Palace said.
"His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to the London Clinic for an exploratory operation following abdominal investigations....

Johannesburg: Revered antiapartheid icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela was "breathing without difficulty" after being treated for pneumonia, the Presidency said on Saturday as the 94yearold leader spent a third day at an undisclosed hospital. "Doctors advise that due to the lung infection former President Mandela had developed...

Johannesburg: Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said on Thursday. A statement said the 94yearold antiapartheid leader was admitted shortly before midnight. It gave no further details other than to say he was receiving the "best...

Fatehgarh Sahib: A class V student of a government school in Fatehgarh Sahib was hospitalised after he was allegedly thrashed by a teacher.
Gaurav, a student of Government Elementary School Duffera, was allegedly beaten by the teacher on Friday.
"We admitted Gaurav to Civil hospital Bassi Pathana but doctors referred him to...

Washington: Cheers, a standing ovation and a gag gift of protective headgear greeted Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she returned to work on Monday after a monthlong absence caused first by a stomach virus, then a fall and a concussion and finally a brief hospitalization for a blood...

Moscow: Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of AK47 assault rifle, has been hospitalised, his assistant Nikolai Shklyaev said on Tuesday. Shklyaev said the 93yearold Kalashnikov complained to him about his health before being taken to hospital last week.
"He was in intensive care last Thursday," he said, adding that he had no...

Johannesburg: South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela was on Saturday admitted to a hospital in Pretoria for "medical attention", the government said. "Former President Nelson Mandela has today, December 8 2012, been admitted in hospital in Pretoria to undergo tests," President Jacob Zuma's office said in a statement.
The 94yearold antiapartheid...

Gurgaon: The condition of former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral on Tuesday worsened as he fell unconscious and his urine output was blocked, a doctor said on Tuesday.
"His condition on Tuesday worsened as he fell unconscious, medicines too are not showing much effects, urine output system also stopped working..." a...